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HI SCR72
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/8/2018
Primary Sponsor
Maile Shimabukuro
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AI Summary
S.C.R. No. 72 Summary
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Urges the Office of Elections to amend voter registration self-declaration forms to allow individuals to identify as persons born within Hawaii's current geographic boundaries or descendants of Hawaiian Kingdom citizens recognized by the United States prior to 1893.
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References the 1993 Apology Resolution (Public Law 103-150), which acknowledged the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and that Native Hawaiians never relinquished claims to their inherent sovereignty.
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Cites Act 195 (2011) recognizing Native Hawaiians as the indigenous people of Hawaii and acknowledging their rights to self-determination, self-governance, and economic self-sufficiency.
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Directs transmission of a certified copy of the resolution to the Chief Election Officer.
Legislative Description
Urging The Office Of Elections To Amend The Choice For Self-declaration To Allow The Affiant To Identify As A Person Born Within The Geographic Boundaries Of What Is Currently The State Of Hawaii Or A Descendant Of Any Citizen Of The Hawaiian Kingdom That The United States Recognized As A Nation Prior To 1893.
Native Hawaiians
Last Action
The committee on HWN deferred the measure.
3/20/2018